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‘Two Armies flye in…’: Battle scenes in English Renaissance theatre
Abstract One of the most spectacular characteristics of English Renaissance theatre is the propensity for battle scenes. Between 1576 and 1616, battle scenes appear in a third of all surviving plays and, judging from the titles, the frequency may have been even higher in the lost plays. The popularity of battle scenes is indicative both of early modern
Christian Dahl
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Riso e autocrítica em Nietzsche: percurso de uma filosofia tragicômica
Resumo: Em “Tentativa de autocrítica”, publicado em 1886 como prefácio a O Nascimento da Tragédia, Nietzsche se propõe a reavaliar as teses desenvolvidas em seu livro de estreia.
Gabriel Pinezi, José Fernandes Weber
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ABSTRACT This article argues that, in the fourteenth century, there was a wave of nostalgia that was provoked by extreme structural change: this was a moment of demographic catastrophe (with famine and plague), endemic warfare, economic fluctuation, intensified urbanization, and intellectual and spiritual novelties.
Hannah Skoda
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Land‐use legacies reduce the negative impact of climate change by promoting increased root recovery after drought events in trees established in past agricultural lands. Moreover, we found different biomass allocation during drought events in each stage of forest expansion gradient: more investment in roots than in stems in mature forests (optimal ...
Belén Acuña‐Míguez +4 more
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Mulheres dominadoras na dramaturgia espanhola: de La Serrana de la Vera a la Casa de Bernarda Alba
A dramaturgia espanhola do Século de Ouro, que criou o mito de D. Juan Tenorio, produziu igualmente um conjunto de obras dramáticas em que as protagonistas são mulheres marginais, violentas e dominadoras, que conseguem, transitoriamente, impor o seu ...
António Apolinário Lourenço
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Structural persistence as an explanatory factor in synchrony and diachrony*
Abstract In this paper, we look at examples of linguistic change in which the structure associated with the original element can help us understand aspects of both the diachronic process and the synchronic outcome of change. We first consider a range of phenomena that have resisted formal analysis because they show mixed‐category behaviour.
Kersti Börjars, Tine Breban
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Abstract Although existing studies have documented the capacity of migration city networks (CNs) to mobilize on the vertical/intergovernmental dimension, there is less evidence of how CNs can contribute to scaling up network governance with societal actors beyond local jurisdictions and favour the emergence of multilevel governance arrangements.
Tiziana Caponio
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The Basque Heroine Libe and the Nationalist Press (1895–1936)
Abstract The founder of Basque nationalism, Sabino Arana, wrote Libe. Melodrama dramático (a dramatic melodrama) in 1902. Arana placed the heroine ‘Libe’ in a medieval battle. She was created to convey what the role of Basque women should be in defending their Homeland. Arana died shortly after the script was published in 1903. His successors attempted
Leyre Arrieta
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A rivalidade pai/filho no Mercator de Plauto
A história do Mercator de Plauto assenta na rivalidade entre pai (Demifão) e filho (Carino) na luta pela jovem cortesã Pasicompsa. Neste estudo, procuramos mostrar que o tema da rivalidade amorosa pai/filho, não sendo novo, é abordado, no Mercator, de ...
Aires Pereira do Couto
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Abstract Motivation Trait variation within species can reveal plastic and/or genetic responses to environmental gradients, and may indicate where local adaptation has occurred. Here, we present a dataset of rangewide variation in leaf traits from seven of the most ecologically and economically important tree species in Europe.
Raquel Benavides +106 more
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